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Reforming products liability

Title
  1. Reforming products liability / W. Kip Viscusi.
Published by
  1. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1991.
Author
  1. Viscusi, W. Kip.

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Description
  1. xv, 270 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
  1. Products liability > United States
  2. Products liability > Economic aspects > United States
  3. Products liability
  4. Products liability > Economic aspects
  5. Produzentenhaftung
  6. Reform
  7. Productaansprakelijkheid
  8. Produits commerciaux > Droit > Etat-Unis
  9. Responsabilité du fait des produits > États-Unis
  10. United States
  11. USA
  12. USA
Contents
  1. Diagnosing the liability crisis -- The dimensions of the liability crisis -- The litigation process -- The design defect test -- The explosive mathematics of damages -- Regulation of product safety -- Hazard warnings -- Environmental and mass toxic torts -- Workers' compensation -- Will products liability reform matter? -- A strategy for principled products liability reform.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-266) and index.